News and alerts

Read about Pharmacy/medicines and poisons regulation- Notification of Forged Electronic Prescriptions

The Tasmanian Government’s reform of alcohol and other drug services has reached a significant milestone with a trial of a new Detox@Home program to be launched in the State’s north and south.

Read about the Department of Health's ongoing commitment to significantly improve the culture across Health in Tasmania so that children and young people in our care feel safe, supported and empowered.

A media release from the Chief Medical Officer.

Read about community forums for those in the Northern Tasmanian community affected by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings (CoI) in relation to the Launceston General Hospital. 

Read about the move to electronically transmitted prescriptions, Poisons List amendments and more in the December 2020 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.

Read about the impacts of COVID-19, Poisons List amendments and more in the March 2020 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.

Read about Tasmanian Opioid Pharmacotherapy Program requirements, electronic transmission of prescriptions and more in the December 2019 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.

Read about poisons legislation amendments, fentanyl prescribing, the keeping of records for narcotic substances and more in the December 2018 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.

Read about Codeine Scheduling Changes in the January 2018 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.

Read about supply by pharmacists of Schedule 4 or Schedule 8 substances without a (hard copy) prescription in the July 2016 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.